GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gnome | maxim |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| consort | associate |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |